13-player Tipp beat Cats in extra-time to be crowned All-Ireland Minor champs

It’s all over and 13-player Tipperry have somehow managed to win this game and are All-Ireland Minor Hurling champions for 2024.

What an unbelievable game of hurling.

Kilkenny come forward, they need to score, but Tipperary win the ball and clear.

Billy O’Brien takes the shot brillantly and puts 13-men Tipperary ahead by two with just over three minutes to go.

Can Byrne puts Kilkenny into the lead. 75 minutes played.

Austin Duff makes it three successive scoes for Tipp, but Kilkenny get a goal at the other end moments later as Anthony Clifford finds the back of the net.

What a game.

Euan Murray with a lovely score under pressure and Tipp lead by two.

Killian Cantwell puts Tipperary in the lead.

We’re back under way for the final ten minutes of extra-time.

Jake Mullen hits wide from a free and that means the sides are level at half-time in extra-time.

What an incredible game!

Robbie Doherty’s effort for Kilkenny just goes wide. 69 minutes played.

Tipperary hit the post.

That’s two goal chances they’ve had in recent minutes. Billy O’Brien had the Kilkenny keeper beaten, but his shot was kept out by the post.

Kilkenny have since drawn the game level.

Eoin Brennan with a wide for the Cats.

Almost 66 minutes played.

Austin Duff with a super run for Tipperary, he goes for goal at the end of it, but his effort is saved.

Tipperary clear off the line when it looked to be rolling in for a goal.

They narrowly escaped disaster there and Billy O’Brien puts them ahead at the other end moments later.

Tipperary’s Adam Ryan is taken down by David Barcoe. The Tipp bench are furious with the challenge.

Jake Donelan Houlihan points from the resulting free. Level again.

Kilkenny with a score straight from throw-in as Patrick Lacey points.

We’re under way for extra-time.

Kilkenny were back out on the pitch a few moments before Tipperary.

We’re about to get under way for extra-time.

We go to extra-time as the sides finish level after 60 minutes.

Patrick Lacey hits a shot short for Kilkenny

Kilkenny’s David Barcoe becomes the latest player to hit wide.

Tipp charge forward again, but Kilkenny win the ball back and clear.

However, a Tipp player goes down after a collision with a Cats man.

60 minutes now played. Three have been added on!

Kilkenny have a free.

The crowd thought substitute Austin Duff had put Tipperary ahead, but his effort went wide.

Kevin Buggy hits wide for Kilkenny.

We’re into the final three minutes of the 60 here and this game is there to be won for either side.

Robbie Doherty goes for a third Kilkenny goal, but his shot is saved. He could have just taken the point.

And moments later, Tipperary draw the game level again through a score from Jake Donelan Houlihan.

A Tipperary shot on goal is saved. These 13 Tipp players aren’t gong to go down without a fight here.

Jake Mullen puts the Cats back in the lead with less than ten minutes to go.

A huge roar from the Tipperary fans as Euan Murray draws the game level.

Eoghan Doughan makes it a one-point game again as he hits over for Tipp.

48 minutes played.

Jake Mullen puts Kiilkenny two ahead as he points from a free.

Ollie O’Donovan shows incredible skill to flick the ball over his opponent, but the Kilkenny man’s shot is saved well by Daire English in the Tipperary goal.

Robbie Doherty shows some good skill to hold off his defender and he blasts his shot into the back of the bet for Kilkenny’s second goal.

They now lead by a point.

Eoghan Doughan holds off a number of Kilkenny defenders to double Tipperary’s lead.

Jake Mullen with a super score for Kilkenny from a free. One point game.

Make that two.

Conor Holohan points for Kilkenny and a member of Tipp’s backroom team has been shown a yellow card after coming on the field of play.

Jake Donelan Houlihan with a good score from a Tipperary free from distance.

They might only have 13 men, but they lead by three points.

Euan Murray with more good work and another score for Tipperary, who now lead by two.

Just the start to the half Tipperary wanted as Euan Murray points straight from throw-in.

We’re under way for the second half.

We’re all level at the break after an action packed first half, which sees Tipperary end it with just 13 men.

The Tipp coaching team again speak to the referee at the end of the half and they are furious with both red card decisions.

Tipperary get a goal out of nothing and that draws the sides level.

A free in was dropped by the Kilkenny goalkeeper into the net and that’s a huge boost to Tipp just before half time.

Tipperary have been shown another red card as Darragh O’Hora is sent off for barging into a Kilkenny player.

He is consoled by the Tipp bench, a number of who came on to the pitch to protest to the referee.

They have a massive task ahead of them now.

Kilkenny are fairly motoring now as Eoin Brennan puts them three points ahead.

25 minutes played.

Conor Holohan hits a shot over from out wide for Kilkenny.

More good play from Bill McDermott sees him put the Cats ahead.

Bill McDermott draws the sides level with a score from close range.

Over 20 minutes played.

Stefan Tobin puts Tipperary back in the lead with another score from way out.

Some cracking scores so far today.